To: The Oregon State House, The Oregon State Senate, and Governor Kate Brown
Remove Dairy Creek West from the Urban Growth Boundary
Please create and support an amendment to HB4078 or a new bill in this upcoming 2015 legislation that would remove Dairy Creek West (the land north of Tualatin-Valley Highway between the Cities of Hillsboro and Cornelius that include the streets of NW 334th, 336th, 338th, 341st Avenues, and Iona Court) from the urban growth boundary.
Why is this important?
Dairy Creek West was pulled into the urban growth boundary by a back-room deal. A meeting with developers and elected officials occurred on February 23, 2014 in the City of Hillsboro that was not advertised to the public. The meeting had no minutes and no attendance sheets. None of the landowners of Dairy Creek West were invited to this meeting. House Bill 4078 violated Statewide Planning Goal #1 that encourages public involvement through the entire planning process. This bill was passed on February 28th, 2014 five days after this meeting giving no reasonable notification to landowners of what transpired at this meeting.
House Bill 4078 violated the landowners of Dairy Creek West 5th Amendment right of due process on their land. It also went around the public process listed in Title 11 and 14 of Metro Code. This code requires notification of landowners when their land is being considered to be placed into the urban growth boundary because of the monetary and livelihood impacts to landowners. It evens offers the opportunity for the landowners to say whether they want their land to be included in the urban growth boundary and why. Since the passage of House Bill 4078, it has placed undue stress on the landowners of Dairy Creek West as they now must try to protect their rural lifestyle.
Find out more at http://www.334thavenue.org/
House Bill 4078 violated the landowners of Dairy Creek West 5th Amendment right of due process on their land. It also went around the public process listed in Title 11 and 14 of Metro Code. This code requires notification of landowners when their land is being considered to be placed into the urban growth boundary because of the monetary and livelihood impacts to landowners. It evens offers the opportunity for the landowners to say whether they want their land to be included in the urban growth boundary and why. Since the passage of House Bill 4078, it has placed undue stress on the landowners of Dairy Creek West as they now must try to protect their rural lifestyle.
Find out more at http://www.334thavenue.org/